Book Title: Jain Penance
Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: The Indian Press Allahabad

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________________ TUE PENANOUS 33 With reference to the 8-typed classification the allotment of sälās rould be as follors.-- Table (6) salās Purifications Valuation Three 150 40 60 3 (1st, 2nd and Brd) 4 (4th, 8th, 6th and 18tb) * (7th, 8th, 14th and 18th) 14 (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th) (16th, 18th, 23rd and 26th) 4 (lith, 19th, 20th and 24th) 4 (9184, 22nd 20th and 30th) 4 (27th, 29th, 29th and 31st) 10 12 7 25 800 7 8 10 20 XOTE--It is to he borno in mind that the types marked by odd numbers ore generally less eril, than the next eren ones, though amongst themselves they become more worthy of censure as e ribe higher, thus the seronth is the Forst in this class, tho ifth more evil than the third but less than the ser enth, and so forth The same remark applies to those marked by even numbers as regards their comparative sinfulness It should be noted that the tables of penances given above are characterised by rising severity of expiation, and mark the limits of the maximum and the minimum of penance for faults committed. The penalty is to be fixed with due regard to all the considerations that may present themselves in

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